Mary Roberts Rinehart

Sight Unseen - The Confession: Two novels by Mary Roberts Rinehart Sight Unseen When a group of neighbors hold a s ance after one of their regular dinner parties, they were expecting to be amused. not to have the medium give them a blow by blow account of the murder of one of their neighbors. The Confession Miss Agnes Blakiston rented a house for the summer hoping to provide the ideal place for her various relatives to visit. What she finds is a haunting secret that unsettles her sanity.

Mystery Comedy / Characters: 7 male, 3 female Scenery: 2 Interiors In this popular American mystery play, incident is piled on incident with skill and plausibility, and it is impossible to know who the real criminal is until the final curtain. This thriller revolves around Cornelia Van Gorder, a maiden lady of sixty, who rents the summer home of a banker reported killed in Colorado. She is warned that mysterious things are happening but she refuses to move. Then it is discovered that a large sum is missing from the dead man's bank and it is suspected that, far from being dead, he stole the money, hid it in a secret chamber in his house and is only waiting for a chance to sneak back to get it. Four others are after the money: the bank cashier who is wrongfully accused of taking it, a detective engaged by Miss Van Gorder to clear up the mystery, a doctor friend and supposed confederate of the missing banker and The Bat, a notorious thief who has long eluded the police. This genuine thriller is guaranteed to divert any audience.